Legal strategies to improve physical activity in populations
We describe the development and application of a framework that aligns legal strategies with the WHO Global Plan policy objectives. This new framework – the Regulatory Approaches to Movement, Physical…
Getting Australia active III
A systems approach to physical activity for policy makers
This guide, Getting Australia Active III (GAAIII), aims to build greater understanding and capacity among government policy makers to employ a whole-of-systems approach (WSA) to increase physical activity (PA) in…
Evaluation of mass media campaigns for physical activity
Mass media campaigns are an important first step in raising awareness about physical activity and health in the general community. The US Surgeon General in 1996 released a report outlining…
Testing a hierarchy-of-effects model
Pathways from awareness to outcomes in the verb-tm campaign 2002-2003
Background: The McGuire hierarchy-of-effects (HOE) model, used extensively in mass-media interventions to describe the mechanisms for understanding effects, has not been tested in physical activity campaigns. Design: Data collected at…
Physical activity promotion
Are gp's getting the message?
Background: Physical inactivity is an important but under recognised risk factor for chronic disease. This study explored changes in general practitioners' perceptions and practices in relation to addressing physical activity…
Validity and repeatability of the EPIC physical activity questionnaire
A validation study using accelerometers as an objective measure
A primary aim of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort study is to examine the association between total physical activity levels (comprising occupational, household and recreational…